The U.S. State Department on Friday condemned Palestinian terrorists’ fatal stabbing of a U.S. citizen north of Jerusalem one day earlier.

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack that took place yesterday in the West Bank that resulted in the death of U.S. citizen Tuvya Weisman,” the State Department said, adding, “There is no justification for terrorism. This horrific incident again underscores the need for all sides to reject violence, and urgently take steps to restore calm, reduce tensions, and bring an immediate end to the violence.”

Israel Defense Forces Staff Sgt. Tuvya Yanai Weisman, 21, was stabbed by two Palestinian teenage terrorists on Thursday at the Rami Levy supermarket in the Sha’ar Binyamin area north of Jerusalem. Weisman was buried with military honors at Mt. Herzl on Friday.

More than 30 Israelis have been killed since the start of the current wave of Palestinian terror last September.

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would whoever issued that us state dept condemnation please explain to me how ‘this incident underscores the need for ALL SIDES to reject violence’. it’s an absolute no brainer that the ONLY side that needs to reject violence is the one that sends 14 year olds to supermarkets to stab people to death—THE ARAB SIDE! is it morons who run the state dept or are they just being “politically correct”?

“All sides” need to “reject violence, and urgently take steps to restore calm, reduce tensions, and bring an immediate end to the violence.”
Israelis need to stop stabbing innocent Palestinian shoppers in supermarkets and running them down with vehicular attacks. Israel needs to stop publicly praising those who engage in such attacks, calling the “martyrs” and encouraging others to emulate them. Israeli government-controlled TV needs to stop running programs demonizing Palestinians and showing them as subhuman murderers. Right?
Well, at least the State Department said something – that’s more than they usually do after a terrorist attack in Israel.